Casket mold



F. 0. DOWNEH.

GASKET MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-.31.192o.

1,402,845. Patented Jan. 10,1922.` 3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

F.l o. novvNER.

GASKET MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3I, I92o.

1,402,845, Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

F.`0. DOWNER.

GASKET MOLD.

: APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3l, 1926. 1,402,845. Patented Jan. 1o, 1922.

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entren STATES PATsNT orsi Tann c. nownnn, or BATTLE eenen, MICHIGAN, Assieivonro sI-ITRLEY ritornare COMPANY, inoonroirefrsn, on'innreiveronis, INDIANA..

cnsinr MOLD.

Specification of `Letters Patent.

Patented an. 19,1922.

Application filed March 31, 1920. Serial No. 370,148.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1.,Fnno O'. DowNnR, a citizen of the United i States, residing at Battle Creek, in `the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Casket Mold, of which the y'following is a specification.

The object of this `invention is to provide a mold in which cement caskets may be conveniently and speedily formed in any desired size and style, and 'easily "and quickly removed therefrom without danger of collapse or breakage and without vthe usual loss of time in waiting for the product to set and dry.

The object, also, is to provide a mold that will produce a mechanically true and uniform product with a `smooth lsurface finish.

1 accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear,by vthe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,-

Fig. 1. is a top plan view of my improved mold, assembled ready "for use in forming the body of a casket. Fig. 2. is aviewot same in side elevation, mounted on a truck. Fig. 3. is an under or inside plan View o'l the mold shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. d is a cross section on the lines `-v-i of Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 5, i5 atop plan view of the mold in which the lid of the casket is formed. Fig. 6 is an under and inside plan view of same. Fig. 7 is a cross section'on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6, showing a truck on`which the mold is preferably mounted for convenience. Fig. 8, is a view in side elevation of a casketbody removed from the mold and resting on a pallet. "Fig 9 is a cross section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8. Fig'lO, is a view in side elevation of a casket-cover removed 'l'rom the mold and si'lypportedby a pallet, Fig 11 is a cross section on the line 11-11 olf' Fig. 10, and Fig. 12 is a section of a portion oit a casket and cover.

Like characters'of reference indicate like parte in the several views of the drawings.

The mold, 'for lightness and convenience in handling, is mounted upon a wheeled truck 8 of any suitable construction. As a result fewer men are required to `operate it. Also, for lightness, the main partsof the mold are `formed out yof aluminium. The casket 9 is molded bottom-side'up over a 'form oi' the exact size andsh'ape of the `'eas- 10, to which it is secured by bolts 11.

yform sufficiently to provide an ample bear- -a groove required in said edge to secure a the bolts, against the lugs 24.

"projected romthe' side and endy members "sides and ends into elosefcontact with the ket interior. This form rests upon a frame Spreaders 12. brace' the side members of the frame. The sides `13, 13,' and ends 14.-, 14., andtop 15, of the formare separatepieces which-are very accurately fitted together at their meeting edges and are secured by bolts 16.

The frame 10 projects outwardly of said ing-surface for apallet 17. VThe ,latter is a frame with a middle opening to receive said form with a close it so the cement mixture will not penetrate the joints. The upper edge ot' the casket is molded against the pallet Lin the manner shown in Fig. e, and

tongue in the casket cover is 'formed by la half-round `flange 18.-

The thickness and smoothness of outside '75 inish of the casket walls are determined by the sides 19, 19, and ends 20,29, of the mold. These members are all separable from eachother, ybut are drawn tightly together where they meet at the corners by wing-nuts 21, and bolts 22.` r1`he bolts have eyes that are pivoted in slots in lugs '23, cast on the ends 20,`and are adaptedto be swung into corresponding slots in lugs 211, on sides 19, and the members` 19 and 2O are brought together by tightening nuts 21, on

uThe sides 19,V 19, and ends 20, 20, are assembled for use upon the'pallet 17 in the manner shown 'in Fig. 41, and, to more permanently seat said members, the pallet is provided `at its outer edge with an upward lange'25.l To hold the lower edge from buckling away from the Harige, iingers 26, fastened yto the sides 19, 19, extend down against lthe outer side of the l'lange.

Flye-b 3lts 27, pivoted `to lugs 'from the pallet 17, swing' up into slots in lugs 28 v19 and 20. lVingnuts on they bolts, `when 100 screwed down against lugs'28, draw said pallet.

The sides 19, 19, and the ends 20, 20, project above ithe form 17, for a distance equal tothe ydesired thickness of the bottom yof the easketg'andthe' cement for the rbottom is levelled oli" by passing a scraper-bar resting 0n' the sides 19, 19, over that part before the cementis set'.

The mold assembled as shown and as above described, has a suitably prepared wire reinforcement 29, inserted where the bottom and sides of the casket are to be formed,

after which a liquid mixture of Portland cement, or the like, is poured unto the mold until all of the casket-forming recesses are full. After the cement has set and is no longer fluid, the sides and ends are removed by first loosening the nuts and swinging the bolts free that hold them. Then the product, resting upon the pallet, is loosened from the form which shapes the casket interior by gently raising the pallet away from the frame 10, on which it has been supported. T o this end the frame 10 is vprovided with vertical screw-threaded holes 30, extending entirely through the frame. Into these successively a threaded bolt 31 is screwed until it projects through into contact with the pallet and slightly lifts the latter.

When properly locsened all around. the pallet and green casket are lifted carefully away together from the mold as shown in Figures 8 and 9, and are taken to a lsuitable drying vand curing place. That pallet remains with the product until the casket is lirmand solid; but the parts of the mold are reassembled in connection with another pallet, and the casket-molding operations may thus be repeated, with little loss of time7 indefinitely with the same mold.

The cover for the casket is formed in a mold only changed from that for the casketbody by the special requirements due to the difference in shape of the two products. This comprises a frame 10', which like frame 10, is bolted to a wheeled truck. Resting on said frame 10', and bolted to it is a form F preferably cast in one. piece with rounded upper corners to impart an arch construction to the cover which is necessary to Ibear the load that may come upon it from a settling of the earth above in the course of time. A pallet 17', rests upon the frame 10', and

has an outside'flange 25', to engage the edges of a one-piece outside plate 119.

The plate 19', conforms to the shape of form F, but is enough larger to provide a space between the two in which the casketcover is molded. The top of the plate 19', is preferably open as shown at 20', for the introduction of liquid cement, aud this Surface may lie-levelled and finished with a trowel, or the like. The pallet also, has a channel 18', in which a bead is formed to lit the groove made in the sides of the casket. See assembly Fig. 12.

A wire reinforcement 29', is placed in the mold before the liquid cement is poured in.

The frame has a series of pivoted bolts which swing up into slots and lugs onthe plate 19', Vandwing-nuts on the bolts are tightened against the lugs to draw the plate' 19', tightly against the pallet.

to prevent displacement of the plate.

The frame 10', has threaded vertical holes for the introductionv of hand bolts against the pallet therethrough, to loosen the casket-cover after the cuter plate 19', has been taken 0H'. The plate 19', has lingers 26', bearing against the outside of the pallet he plate also has handles at each end for ier handling. The casket-cover is removed from the moldV on the pallet as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. The metal parts of both body and top molds are preferably made of aluminium for greater lightness in handling, but also because it receives smooth surface finish readily and imparts a like smooth surface to the product. This is necessary because the caskets are frequently nished with broadcloth and other material which are glued to the surface and through which all surface defects in the casket show very prominently. .f

While l have here shown and described my invention more or less minutely and in detail it will be understoc'd that various changes in form, proportion, material, and minor details are possible without departing from the spirit of my invention. l therefore de not desire to be limited in the scope of my invention any more than is required by the appended claims.

l claim- 1. ln a mold for melding cement caskets, a base, a form attached tc said base for shaping the hollow interior of the casket-.Aa removable pallet-frame supported by the base and surrounding the ferm, removable mold members supported on the pallet-frame to shape the outside of the casket and means to loosen the product by lifting the palletframe.

2, In a mold for molding cement caskets, a base, a form on said base for shaping the hollow interior of thecaskct, a removable pallet-frame supported by the base and surrounding Vthe form. removable meld members supported on the pallet-frame to shape the outside of the casket, said removable mold members being in a plurality of separable parts andmeans to loescn the product by lifting the pallet-frame.

3. In a casket-mold a base-frame. an interior form for molding the interior .of the casket. said form being mounted on the base frame, a pallet-frame removably mounted on the outside of said interior fui-in, removable outside meld-plates spaced a distance equal to the thickness of the casket walls vfrom said interior form and mounted on the pallet-frame, and mechanical means forlifting the pallet to loosen and remove the product from the interior form after the outside mold plates are removed.

4. In av casket mold,- a base-frame; an interior form for molding the interior of the casket removably secured upon the basefreine; a pallet-frame surrounding said inerior traine und supported by the baseiiiruine, seid pallet-traine having un outer edge superimposed flange, mold-plates spaced the distance of the desired thickness ot the Wells of the casket from the interior form und supported against seid ange upon the pallet-traine, seid mold-plates being independently removable whereupon the pellet removable troni the rest ot the mold with the product, und means to raise the palletfruine und product zitter the mold-plates are rein ovcd.

Ii. ln e. casket mold, u buse-freine; un interior torni i'or molding` the interior of the isket removably secured upon the beselrunie; u pellet-ironie melting u close ltit around the interior-'torni und huyino an upper outside marginal. flange und e second flange between seid lirst one end thel interior iforni; mold-islotes resting; upon the paillettruine against the niurgrinzil flange, adjustuble ineuns connecting; the base-traine end mold-plates to tightly in'lpinge the palletifrunie between them, suid pullet i unie being reinoieliile with the product after the mold plates ure reinoveih und rneuns to raise the pellet-traine und product utter the moldplutes ure removed.

6. ln u casket niold, e buse-trarne huving n plurality ol i'erticul screw-threaded holes; un interior torni for molding` the interior of the casket removably secured upon the besefreineg u pellet-'freine melting zi close lit around the interior torni and supported on the base-treme; at mold for the outside of the product supported on the pellet-traine;

means for impinging the pellet-frame between the bese-frame and the lest mold, and hand-bolts to screw through the holes on the buse-freine against the pellet-trarne to loosen the pallet-traine and product.

7. The combination, ot e base-trarne, un interior forni, u pellet-freine surrouuding` said trarne, on outside independently reinoyuble mold, Ineens to inipingge the pallotfrurne between the outside inold and the buserunie, and ineens to lift the pallet-treme and product sii'nultznieously from the interior 'forni zitter the outside mold is removed.

8. ln a casket-mold, a buse-traine; e torni for molding the interior ot the casket removably secured upon the buse-traine; :t pallet-trarne melting; e close fit around the interior form und supported on the buseiruine; und ineens acting from the beselfrztnie against the pellet-freine to loosen the pallet-freine end product.

9. ln u casket-mold, e buse-traine; d forni for moldingthe interior olf the ceslret reinovubly secured ugon the base-freine; :i pellet-freine making a close lit around the interior forno and supported on the basefruine; zt forni for molding the exterior oit the casket removably supported upon the pallet-traine; ineens `for impinging the pellet-freine between the base-traine end lust mold; and means acting from the baseiirzinie against the pellet-twine to loosen the pellet-freine und product.

ln witness whereof l have hereunto zl'liiXed iny signature et indianapolis, indiens, this 19th day ot' Merch. 1920.

FRED O. DOlWllEll. 

